苏黎世大学：想象力是希望、灵感、创造的源泉
英文导读
The University of Zürich (shortly called as UZH)， located in the city of Zürich， is the largest university in Switzerland. It was founded in 1833 in Switzerland. It is the Switzerland"s largest comprehensive university. And it is the first University that be founded by European democratic country. That is to say： It was the first university in Europe to be founded by the state rather than a monarch or church. The university allowed women to attend philosophy lectures from 1847， and the Russian Nadeshda Suslowa admitted the first female doctoral student in 1866.The school has good teachers and has really produced a lot of talents. There were 13 individuals who received the Nobel such as Wilhelm Conrad R.ntgen (the first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics)， Albert Einstein， etc. About 21 Nobel laureates studied， taught or conducted research at the University， thus contributing to its fame and popularity. The university"s research strategy mainly focuses on human health issues. As a member of the “League of European Research Universities (LERU)”， the University of Zürich belongs to Europe"s most prestigious research institutions.
System： There are seven faculties： Faculty of Theology， Faculty of Law， Faculty of Economics， Faculty of Medicine， Faculty of Veteri-nary Medicine， Department of Arts， and Faculty of Science. Made up of seven faculties covering some 100 different subject areas， numerous dis-tinctions highlight the University’s international renown in the fields of medicine， immunology， genetics， neuroscience and structural biology as well as in economics.
City show： Zürich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is also a leading global city and among the world’s largest financial centres. The city is home to a large number of financial institutions and banking giants. Also， most of the research and development centres are concentrated in Zürich and the low rate of tax attracts overseas companies to set up their headquarters there.
生词助读
democratic [.dem..kr.t.k] a. 民主的
monarch [.m.n.k] n. 君主；帝王
renown [r..na.n] n. 声誉；名望
immunology [..mj..n.l.d..] n. [免疫] 免疫学
genetics [d...net.ks] n. 遗传学
neuroscience [.nj..r..sa..ns] n. 神经系统科学
canton ["k.nt.n] n. 行政区，州
concentrate ["k.nsntre.t] vt. 集中；浓缩
headquarters [.hed.kw.：t.z] n. 总部；指挥部
中文概述
苏黎世大学是瑞士的一所州立大学，成立于1833年，位于瑞士德语区苏黎世。苏黎世大学在分子生物学、神经科学、人类学等领域享有世界声誉，产生了爱因斯坦等13位诺贝尔奖得主。这是欧洲第一个由民主国家而不是由封建君王或教会创办的大学。
1849年，苏黎世大学允许女子听哲学课。但是，直到1864年俄罗斯的玛丽亚·科尼亚西尼娜申请医学时，苏黎世的教育局才被迫对招收女生做出表态。然而，玛丽亚·科尼亚西尼娜不久就离开了苏黎世大学。到1866年她的同胞娜德什达·苏斯洛娃，一位被释放的农奴的女儿，成为苏黎世大学的第一个女学生。1867年，她获得苏大的博士学位，这也是德语国家第一次向女性颁发博士学位。
苏黎世大学是瑞士最大的综合性大学，下设七个学院：神学院、法学院、经济学院、医学院、兽医学院、文学院、理学院。苏黎世大学在分子生物学、免疫学、大脑研究和人类学等领域具有开拓性的研究实力。其免疫学在目前的瑞士是独一无二的。其大学医院和兽医医院，也具有一流的设施和艺术。第一届诺贝尔物理学奖得主从这里走出，X射线的发现者伦琴是苏黎世大学的高材生。
苏黎世位于流入苏黎世湖的利马德河河口，是瑞士最大的城市。市区被利马德河分为东西两岸，也分成新城和旧城，它们之间有迷宫般的羊肠小道连接。旧城区在河北岸，分为上村和下村，布满了大大小小的精品时装店、酒吧、咖啡屋、古玩厅等。苏黎世文化氛围非常浓厚，拥有多家博物馆、图书馆、画廊、音乐厅及歌剧院。
梦想成功录
If you want knowledge， you must toil for it.
要想求知，就得吃苦。
Knowledge makes humble， ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。